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7 Feb, 6 tweets, 7 min read
Very stylish!๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

Very gory!! โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ซ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐Ÿ’ธ

Perfectly set up for Series 2!๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

Stark visualisation of the key zones for a massive, dark, dangerous/murderous industry;

#Production - #Logistics - #Distribution - #EndMarkets

๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ”

#ZeroZeroZero
@skytv @skyatlantic @NOWTV #Narcos
#ZeroZeroZero

Has obviously drawn on some recent real-life inspiration.

- Poor deprived zones of production

- Use of big business in distribution โœˆ๏ธโ›ด๏ธ (Price ๐Ÿ“ˆ)

- Wholesale & Street dealers

- End Users ๐Ÿ‘ƒ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’ธ

forbes.com/sites/giacomotโ€ฆ
Lot's of money is made ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ธ

Biggest chunk seems to go to large scale brokers & distributors

Multi national - Hard to police - Intelligence

#zerozerozero @BBCPanorama #Boxingandthemob

When product gets into end user markets (Europe for example)
๐Ÿ‘€โฌ‡๏ธ

gangstersinc.ning.com/profiles/blogsโ€ฆ
Significant!

Quote from the show;

"What we do keeps the world economy afloat"

๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ’ธ

#ZeroZeroZero @skytv @skyatlantic @NOWTV

theguardian.com/global/2009/deโ€ฆ
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Interesting listen (link below โฌ‡๏ธ)
๐Ÿ‘‚๐ŸŽง @guardian

@robertosaviano has his finger firmly on the pulse of all things mafia related #ZeroZeroZero

Massive trial in Italy right now.

All very topical ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ“บ @skyatlantic

theguardian.com/news/audio/202โ€ฆ

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2 Feb
@BBCPanorama #boxingandthemob #kinahan #MTK

Here's an interesting parallel tale from 1980's boxing! ๐ŸฅŠ

#HaroldSmith

1.Dark Money (Fraud/Stole from banks)
2.Associated with big name boxer (Ali)
3.Paid Boxers/Trainers over the odds
4.Laundered stolen๐Ÿ’ธ

If you control the big name (e.g. Fury) & there is a lack of scrutiny in professional boxing - Bingo!

-Big name๐Ÿ“ธ๐Ÿ“บ
-Grow brand๐Ÿ“ˆ
-Attract more fighters๐ŸฅŠ๐Ÿ’ฐ
-Appear mainstream
-More shows/opportunities 2 launder๐Ÿ’ธ
-Side deals (podcasts/clothing/vodka/property)๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ฑ
-Big following
In some ways - Hats off - Good business!

Entertainment product - Fans - Leverage brandโœ…

Key issues though;

According to Irish, Spanish, UK police the source of those funds R allegedly from criminal enterprises!

(Drugs, Logistics/Trafficking, Weapons, ๐Ÿ’ฐLaundering services).
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25 Jan
Bigger than #ElChapo bigger than #PabloEscobar ๐Ÿ’‰๐Ÿ’Šโ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Big news then, I guess ๐Ÿ‘€

#TseChiLop
#SamGorSyndicate

Huge numbers! $400 billion+ pa ๐ŸŒŽ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ
National security type influence.

Social - Political - Economic

Where does all that money go? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ธ
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When illegal drug operations get this big, they cross borders, networks become huge & they need protection/assistance

According to well documented incidents, intelligence agencies sometimes oversee ๐Ÿ‘€

Political expedience
#VangPao #Laos #KhunSa #Golden๐Ÿ”บ
There are loads of other well-documented episodes

The untraceable huge sums of ๐Ÿ’ฐ from drugs come in very handy for clandestine funding of "off the books" type operations

#PlausibleDeniability

When you're fighting for national interests, can it be justified? #ColdWar ImageImageImageImage
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22 Jan
@martynziegler @TheAthleticUK

#disruption
The 'buzz word' in business - Footy is soon to get it's dose

What's this about though?

#Control #Money #power

These 'Elite' club owners will point to #UEFA & #FIFA chequered pasts & say "We'll do it better"

Despite massive numbers in revenues๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ’ฑ Football clubs are so bloated, the top guys feel they need more!

For long term planning, they need control of the rules of competition too.

The huge swathes of capital hoarded by the investment banks/rich are willing to fund this new comp
The #PremierLeague will end up a place for the 'Elite' teams in the new #EuropeanSuperLeague to play their so called reserve squads - Because the rewards on offer merit that.

That said, with the huge revenues they will dominate, those reserve squads will still be the best โšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’
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3 Jan
1/
"Life imitating art" ๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ

Saw a headline last week about the #VaticanBank being involved in some mysterious money flows, so decided to watch the newly edited #Godfather 3 #Coda

Topical

For those that don't know the connections, read on... Gives the๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธan added dimension ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ ImageImage
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 In the film, Michael #Corleone is effectively trying to break from the #Mafia life & channel his family wealth into something 'legit'

To do that, he tries to exploit an opportunity with the #VaticanBank who are attempting to plug holes in their balance sheet

#Immobiliare ๐Ÿ’ธ Image
3/
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11 Nov 20
I noticed the #Derby #takeover is looking on shaky legs from the reporting today - Quelle surprise!

In addition to the thread & background Offshore/Samuelson/Obolensky, thought it might be worth posing more questions

How do these people/structures work?
independent.co.uk/sport/footballโ€ฆ
I've read quite a lot about โšฝ๏ธ finances & the machinations of ๐Ÿ’ธ in the offshore world.

So, I'll try and give some crude speculation below (with a couple of factual references) & see if we get anywhere near the mark ๐Ÿง

Money Men - Fronts - Frauds bbc.co.uk/sport/footballโ€ฆ
Trust/Offshore Companies are involved in Fiduciary Duties

They take sources of funds (often from discreet, cautious & sometimes nefarious characters)

It is then their job then to create structures to protect, move, make accessible (& sometimes invest๐Ÿ’ธ)

mutrust.eu/index.php
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7 Nov 20
*Football, Finance, Front Companies & Exotic Benefactors*

1/
I saw a story this week about @DerbyCounty_TT & their looming takeover - Sounds exciting!

Something really piqued my interest though

A couple of names in the report that I've seen before

#Offshore ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๏ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐ŸŒด Image
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The two 'Shadow Brokers' who get fleeting mentions over the last 15 years as the cast of foreign ownership in English football has become increasingly... 'cosmopolitan' are;

*Chris Samuelson* & *Andrew Obolensky*

Who are they?

What do they do??

Why should we care??? Image
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Well, they've appeared in a few books I've read over the years, so I did some searches to try and understand more & connect the dots.

In a nutshell, they seem to be;

*FORMATION AGENTS*
*INNOVATIVE FINANCE PROFESIONALS*
*NETWORKERS/CONNECTORS*

#ShellCompanies #Offshore ImageImageImageImage
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